‘We got out of the blocks, they didn’t,’ says classy Canning

IN the end, it turned out to be as easy as expected for Portumna. All the pre-game hype about this being one of the best club hurling sides of all time was justified.

Prime among those responsible for the success was captain Ollie Canning at one end of the field, and man-of-the-match Kevin ‘Chunky’ Hayes at the other.

Said the skipper: “We got out of the blocks, they didn’t, and the two goals in the first half gave us a great cushion. If they had got the breaks, if the penalty before half-time had gone in, who knows? That could have given them the boost they needed, but thankfully it went over bar. Our forwards linked well, they took their scores, so we can have no complaint about the team performance.”